Background
Lope de Rueda was born early in the 16th century at Seville, where, according to Cervantes, he worked as a .
metal-beater.
(Rueda lleva a escena situaciones sencillas, asuntos tradi...)
Rueda lleva a escena situaciones sencillas, asuntos tradicionales, con tipos populares y escasos personajes. Los entremeses de Cervantes son continuadores, en cierta medida, de los pasos de Rueda en cuanto a tipos, chistes y modalidades de dialogo, pero son mucho mas destacables los rasgos innovadores
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Lope de Rueda was born early in the 16th century at Seville, where, according to Cervantes, he worked as a .
metal-beater.
Rueda's works were issued posthumously in 1567 by Timoneda, who toned down certain passages in the texts.
These follow the original so closely that they give no idea of Rueda's talent; but in his pasos or prose interludes he displays an abundance of riotous humour, great knowledge of low life, and a most happy gift of dialogue.
Rueda's more ambitious plays are mostly adapted from the Italian; in Eufemia he draws on Boccaccio, in Medora he utilizes Giancarli's Zingara, in Armelina he combines Raineri's Attilia with Cecchi's Servigiale, and in Los Engaitados he uses Gl'Ingannati, a comedy produced by the Intronati, a literary society at Siena.
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He was twice married; first to a disreputable actress named Mariana, who became the mistress of the duke de Medinaceli; and second to Rafaela Angela, who bore him a daughter.